Course schedule

This schedule was last updated April 19.

wk	dates	readings	activities
1	Jan 18, 20	Syllabus TCH Preface TCH 3: Reference Books & Resources	Course introduction 1/18
2	Jan 25, 27	Van Buren & Buehler: “Levels of Edit” TCH 1: What Copyeditors Do
3	Feb 1, 3	TCH 2: Basic Procedures CMS 2: Manuscript Preparation & Editing CMS 3: Copymarking
4	Feb 8, 10	Above, continued; also TCH 404-16
5	Feb 15, 17	Rude 14: Comprehensive Editing Dilger: Decomposition	AO: Punctuation method AO: Punctuation errors
6	Feb 22, 24	TCH 14: Grammar TCH 15: Beyond Grammar	AO: Spelling VP draft due 2/24
7	Mar 1, 3	Lanham: Paramedic Method Lunsford: Twenty Most Common Errors Joe Williams: Actions & Characters	AO: Usage
8	Mar 8, 10	None	AO: Capitalization Midterm evaluations 3/10 Final VP due 3/10
SB	Mar 15	None	None
9	Mar 22, 24	Anderson 19: Service Learning	AO: Numbers Leland essay due 3/24
10	Mar 29, 31	Rude 24: Management	AO: Electronic editing SL client selection 3/31
11	Apr 5, 7	TCH 10: Tables, Graphs, & Art Tufte: Chartjunk, Lie Factor, Data-ink Robin Williams: PARC principles	AO: Typefaces
12	Apr 12, 14	CMS AA: Design & Production TCH 12: Front & Back Matter	AO: Typecoding SL proposal 4/14
13	Apr 19, 21	CMS 4: Rights & Permissions	AO: Abbreviations
14	Apr 26, 28	TCH 8: Quotations TCH 11: References	SL draft due 4/28
15	May 3, 5	None	Final evaluations 5/3 No class 5/5
EX	May 12	None	Final examination 5/12, 10:00 am Final SL project due 5/12